At Home Atlanta, is a provider for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities (DBHDD).
A Community-Based Service for Individuals Living with Developmental Disabilities offering a variety of services to individuals living with developmental disabilities.
Community Living Support services are individually tailored supports that assist with the acquisition, retention or improvement of skills related to participants’ continued residence in their family homes.
Community Access is designed to help participants acquire, retain or improve self-help, socialization and adaptive skills required for active participation and independent functioning outside the home.
Individual Support Plan is the range of services an individual receives based on professional determination of need.
Natural Support Training exists for individuals who provide unpaid support, training, companionship or supervision to participants.
Prevocational Services prepare participants for paid or unpaid employment and include teaching concepts such as compliance, attendance, task completion, problem solving and safety.
Respite Services provide brief periods of support or relief for individuals with disabilities or their caregivers and include maintenance respite for planned or scheduled relief or emergency/crisis respite for a brief period of support for participants experiencing crisis (usually behavioral) or in instances of family emergency.
Specialized Medical Supplies consist of food supplements, special clothing, diapers, bed wetting protective sheets and other authorized supplies specified in the Individual Service Plan.
Support Coordination is a set of interrelated activities that identify, coordinate and review the delivery of appropriate services with the objective of protecting the health and safety of participants while ensuring access to services.
Transportation Services enable participants to gain access to waiver and other community services, activities, resources, and organizations typically utilized by the general population. These services do not include transportation available through Medicaid non-emergency transportation or as an element of another waiver service.
Vehicle Adaptation includes adaptations to participants’ (or family members’) vehicles approved in the Individual Service Plan, such as hydraulic lifts, ramps, special seats and other modifications to allow for access into and out of the vehicle as well as safety while moving.
To find out whether you, or a family member, are eligible to receive DD services, please complete these forms and provide supporting documentation of the developmental disability to the Intake and Evaluation office in your region. The local office will contact you within 14 days of receipt of your application to make arrangements to conduct a screening in order to make a preliminary eligibility determination. Once the determination is made, a letter will be sent to you notifying of your eligibility status. The following services may be offered to eligible individuals based upon a professional determination of need and available community resources: